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Galileo's Europa
Credit: Galileo Project, Univ. Arizona, JPL, NASA
Explanation: Launched in 1989 and looping through the jovian system since late 1995, the voyage of NASA's
Galileo spacecraft will soon come to an end. The spacecraft has been targeted to plunge directly into Jupiter this
Sunday, September 21st, at about 30 miles per second. Its components will be vaporized in the gas giant's outer
atmosphere. While Galileo's long voyage of exploration has resulted in a specta
Credit: Galileo Project, Univ. Arizona, JPL, NASA
Explanation: Launched in 1989 and looping through the jovian system since late 1995, the voyage of NASA's
Galileo spacecraft will soon come to an end. The spacecraft has been targeted to plunge directly into Jupiter this
Sunday, September 21st, at about 30 miles per second. Its components will be vaporized in the gas giant's outer
atmosphere. While Galileo's long voyage of exploration has resulted in a specta